Earth Tones: A Summer's Peak at Autumn

A morning stroll, a look at the sock/shoe combo in the Club Monaco Window on 57th Street, and a color story was born. We adore mixing warm and cool earth tones; granite and camel, mushroom with slate, bronze on pumice. The references are everywhere, from dumpsters to store windows. Here's what we found...

Shimmering metal floor vases at Saks in Greenwich, Ct.

Detail of a vintage work table at Paula Rubenstein

Wooden spoons in a Sur Le Table window

The very one- the shoe / sock combo at Club Monaco on 57th Street

Painted and ripped

linen tape on a wall along Crosby Street, Soho

Pearl, buff, charcoal and ivory; a construction bin in Soho

The ripple of shells on a coworker's desk

Camel throw at Ralph Lauren on Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, Ct.

Stay Calm

We are experiencing technical difficulties at Hunters & Gatherers at Home, but like the calm waters off the coast of Wells, Maine....we are calm and cool.

Under Lock and Key

Front door lock of an 1805 Colonial in Haverhill, NH

"Parts" at the Orford Flea Market

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"Parts" at the Orford Flea Market

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Barn door handle, cicra 1785

'Round New Hampshire

While puttering around New Hampshire (and Vermont) again this weekend we stumbled upon the 34th Annual Orford Flea Market--an amazing collection of vintage and antique vendors gathered on the town green to sell their wares. It was the perfect way to start a day filled with larger antiques (homes that is), and inspired us to think about shape and color...

Framed

We love collections...art, baskets, candlesticks, everything. When we saw this wall of antique frames at Seymour Antiques this weekend we knew we had to share it. The impact of repetition is surprising, especially with inexpensive items used in a non-traditional way (without art that is).

Wall of antique frames at Seymour Antiques in Seymour, CT

Grouping of emptu frames via Dwellings and Decor

Industrial grouping in the home of Susan & William Brinson via Design Sponge

Salon style wall at graphic design Clara Zangenberg's home outside Copenhagen via Design Sponge

Art wall in 1814 home of Matthew Bird in Providence, RI via Design Sponge

A Simple Contrast: Black & White

Detail of antique barn in Warner, New Hampshire

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Darryl Carter's country house

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Puddle on 57th Street, NYC

Darryl Carter's country house

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Detail of antique barn in Warner, New Hampshire

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Darryl Carter's country house

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Playing Games

Set of 52 Playing Cards, 1475

South Netherlandish

Ink, tempera and metal gold & silver foil on pasteboard

Funny enough, we both have a secret fascination with playing cards. We're not card sharks, nor have we ever even played a game of cards together, but after seeing the 15th century pasteboard cards at the Cloisters this summer, our secret was out. We both use to by cards on our travels as kids and we both still look as adults, although we haven't bought a deck in years. We love how the style and art changes region by region, decade by decade, and how this timeless game has endured centuries. To be honest, we never posted our photos from the Cloisters since the lighting was so bad, but yesterday we came across photography by Christian Tagliavini that was such a great fit, we decided to go for it.

Close-up of South Netherlandish cards at the Cloisters

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Christian Tagliavini, Dame di Cartone, 17th Century II, 2008

Latvian playing cards designed by Arturs Duburs, 1942

Close-up of South Netherlandish cards at the Cloisters

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Christian Tagliavini, Dame di Cartone, 17th Century I, 2008

Art Nouveau playing cards printed in Altenburg, Germany, 1900

Close-up of South Netherlandish cards at the Cloisters

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Christian Tagliavini, Dame di Cartone, 17th Century III, 2008

Painted Stuttgart cards, 1430

Union Square Farmer's Market, Novatny and Licht...The Colors of Our Summer

One of us was lucky enough to walk to work through the Farmer's Market in Union Square yesterday morning. There's nothing that brings a smile to one's face like the colors and textures of farm-fresh fruit in perfect blue-green cartons. The ripe color saturation, the pattern of the displays...form, composition and palette at its best.

Peaches in the most Dazzling Blush

Pink Box #2, Sydney Licht, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts

Man Pulling Up the Leg of A Woman, Brian Novatny at Davidson Gallery

Husk Berries, Gorgeous Palette

Still Life with Orange Box #2, Sydney Licht

(linked to a studio visit, take a look!)

Three Figures Falling, Brian Novatny at George Billis Gallery

Yellow Plumbs the Color of Sunshine

Woman in Green Shoes, Man in Brown Jacket, Brian Novatny

Still Life with Red Box Open, Sydney Licht

Yellow Plumbs

Flora, Grant, New Hampshire...The Art of Our Summer

A quick trip to New Hampshire, during a glorious weekend of temperatures in the 80's, yields roadside shots of corn rows, lambs ear growing around reflective balls and artistic inspiration. See some the art of our Summer...

Lamb's Ear reflected in the garden. Warner, New Hampshire

Lambs Ear, watercolor by Lynn Railsback via Geneva Lake Art Association

Cornfields in Vermont, shot roadside

Young Corn, Grant Wood, 1931

Mushrooms on an old Stump in New Hampshire

Stump, Neil Welliver, 2000 via Michael Berger Gallery

Lichen illustration via Hairy Sack of Magic